YPS research reveals major changes in British housing availability

There have already been major modifications to British housing availability, reported by new analysis from Yorkshire Building Society (YBS).

YBS have revealed that there is a huge change in local house price and earnings ratios since real estate market peak prior to financial crash A decade’s ago

It discovered that you can find major differences in affordability across Britain, with affordability using some local authority areas worsening by 61% while in others affordability has improved by around 42% as variations in housing markets and wages vary.

54% of local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales are actually cheaper compared to what they were in 2007.

But many areas will still be unaffordable to first-time buyers, with all the average cost of a home now a lot more than 20 times the standard wage in certain parts of London.

The gap amongst the least and most affordable components of Britain has almost doubled because the start of the tough economy, new Yorkshire Building Society studies show.

However, homes in 54% of local authority areas C including Peterborough, Leeds and Harrogate C are more affordable now compared to they were until the financial crash due to wages increasing at the higher rate than property values over this period.

This is due to contrast with London and quite a few of the south of England, which are now much less expensive affordable as house price rises have outstripped wage growth in a far higher rate.

Andrew McPhillips, Yorkshire Building Society Chief Economist, said: “Unsurprisingly, the details demonstrates we have a distinct divide between north and south of the nation with regards to housing affordability, even so has become even more pronounced because financial crash.

“Across London and larger swathes of southern England, which are already among the most unaffordable areas, it is increasingly a hardship on first-time buyers the ones wishing to move up the housing ladder to buy their first or next home.

“However, the north of England, Wales and Scotland present a new picture entirely, with many different places, just like Edinburgh, Peterborough and Birmingham, starting to be more affordable in comparison with were ahead of the market meltdown.

“While some northern cities, such as Manchester, are less affordable compared to what they were in 2007, in a great deal of northern England, Scotland and Wales, the gap between earnings and house prices approximately a 3rd from the average for London.”